Flat bottom ice cream container



Q "Ma rcb li; 1939'. T. b. cuRR|E 2350307 FLAT BOTTOM ICE CREAM CONTAINER F iled Jain 9, 1936 V5 0? flama fi ('arn v Patented Mg; 14,1939 I 2,150,207

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FLAT BOTTOM ICE CREAM CONTAINER Thomas D. Currie, Vaughan Township, Ontario, Canada, assignor to Dixie-Vortex Company,'a corporation of Delaware Application January 9, 1936, Serial No. 58,301

1 Claim: (01. 22951) This invention relates to a flat bottom containpanying drawing, which illustrates a single emer for edibles such as confectioneries, and more bodiment thereof, and in which: particularly ice-cream. Figure l is an elevation of a frusto-conical fiat An object of this invention is to provide an imbottom cup embodying the features of this invenproved container for ice cream of the like which tion and having a frozen mass of confectionery or r,

is of a segmental construction, so that the lower ice cream disposed therein;

half thereof may be first removed from the ice Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through cream to permit of the introduction of the exthe structure shown in Figure 1; posed portion of the ice cream in an edible cone Figure 3 is an elevation similar to Figure l, but

without necessitating removal of the upper segillustrating a lower part or half of the cup in the to ment or half of the container from the ice cream. pr in removed fr the f z na Another object of this invention is to provide Fi r 4 h w he structure f the other fisa flat bottom ice cream container embodying the ures with the lower part of the wrapper completeinvention of Wood Patent No. 1,964,238, but in 1y removed and the exposed portionof the ice addition thereto having a flat bottom which can cream disposed in the open end of an edible cone; 1.,

be removed with a lower portion of the container and from a frozen mass disposed therein. Figure 5 is a. view similar to Figure 4, but illus- Still another object of this invention is to protrating the HD1 8 P Of the p in Process vide a flat bottom ice cream container with the of being removed f om the top of the frozen ice inventive concept disclosed and claimed in the cream mass. 20

a oresaid patent. -As shown in the drawing:

A still further object of the inventi n i t The reference character l0 designates a frustoprovide a wrapper for a conical-like mass of fro- Conical D of the flat bottom yp including a zen ice cream which wrapper consists of a flat bOl'itiOm and a lid '2. The Wall Of the cup number of segments connected together by scored iS made from a paper blank having Curved portions whereby, upon removal of the lower pa t; inner and outer edges l3 and M for defining the of the wrapper or container, the exposed part of mouth a t e lower Opening. respect v y, of the ice cream mass can be inserted in an edible the D- This-blank 11180 has lateral edges W h cone, leaving the top of such mass still covered diverge ou y and which edges are des atby the upper part or portion of, the Wrapper or ed by the reference numerals 8 and 9. A blank 30 container. of this general type is well known in the fiat In accordance with the general features of this bOttOm paper 6111) art, and eeds no further deinvention, there is provided a flat bottom cup Scription illustrationmade from apaper blank having overlapped edges The novel features of this invention relate to connected by a glued seam of such character as the provision of this blank with an intermediate n; to permit of said edges being readily separated in Scored Perforated portion and With pp the stripping of the cup from a frozen mass of ice and lower Stripping t 6 d 7, One for each cream, the cup consisting of at least two parts or of the halves of the cup separated by t intersegments connected by a scored portion whereby mediate Scored portion Alsor the edge P 40 the lower part may be first removed from the tions 8 and of the are Secured together by 4 frozen mass to permit of its introduction in the dabs or a stnp of adheslve of Such amount u r o 1 character as merely to hold the cup in shape, but 2 53 z i 8 Cone and leavmg the up being insuflicient to preclude ready separation of 5; g 8 gi i ig by the side edges when the cup halves or segments pe 0 par 0 6 cup S are'progressively stripped from the frozen conadapted to be readily Stripped from the ice cream fection 20 therein. In other words, this fiat bot- When the use! desires to consum? the Sametom cup has embodied in it the novel patented Another feature of the invention relates to the gluing concept f the af r aid Wood Patent No provision of a bottom connected to the lower part 13 4 2311 0f t e p d a lid Connected to the pp part The bottom ll of the cup is in the form of a o t p, h f which is separately removable disk and may, if desired, be interlocked or secured With s e p v p Of the D- in any other suitable manner to the lower part or Other objects and features of this invention segment of the cup so as to be removable therewlll more fully appear from the following detailed with when the same is stripped from the frozen 6 description, taken in connection with the accommass 20. In addition thereto, the package may, 55

if it is so desired, be provided with a lid l2, although it is to be understood that the use of the lid I2 is optional, depending upon whether it is desired to conceal and protect the top end of the frusto-conical mass 20. In the event a lid I2 is used, it is made in the form of a circular disk which may be crirnped as illustrated or otherwise secured to the wall of the cup I0.

The cup illustrated may be manufactured on a. large production basis by suitable cup-making machinery, and may be sold to ice cream manufacturers to be filled with a suitable confection, such as ice cream, which is frozen in the cup. After the mass 20 has been disposed in the cup,

and if desired, prior to the freezing of the same,

a lid 12 is disposed at the top of the mass and frozen to the mass 20, i I

When a consumer obtains one of these frozen packages, the lower half or segment 'of the cup can be progressively stripped from the lower part of the frozen mass 20, as illustrated in Figure 3. i This stripping operation is performed by the consumer or dispenser pulling the stripping tab I I to separate the glued edges of this-half of the cup,

thus exposing the lower part of the frozen ice cream. During this stripping operation, the bottom I l is removed with the lower segment or half of the wall of the cup.

With the lower part-or half of the frozen mass 20 thus exposed, such exposed ice cream mass is then inserted in the upper or mouth end of an edible cone 2|, as shown in Figure 4. When thus inserted in the cone 2 I, the upper segment or portion of the ice cream is still protected and covered by the upper segment or half of the wrapper or cup, as shown in Figure 4. This enables the upper end of the frusto-conical mass of ice cream to be protected frorndirt and other foreign matter until it is desired to consume the same. Thereafter, the upper segment or half of the cup, including the lid I 2, can be progressively stripped from the upper portion of the-frozen mass, as illustrated in Figure 5. This stripping operation is performed by the consumer pulling the tab IE to separate the overlapped glued edges of the side wall of the cup. In the event that the lid l2 does not come off the ice cream with the stripped upper portion of the cup, then this lid can be peeled off the top end of the frozen mass 20,

" It should also be noted that in the event the bottom It is glued to the wall, it will be removed from the frozen mass at the same time that the lower half of the cup is stripped from the ice cream. On the .other hand, if this bottom is not secured or glued to the wall of the cup, then,

upon the removal of the lower half of the cup, the bottom will fall free.

I also desire it understood that while I have illustrated the cup as being provided with only one intermediate scored portion I5, the cup could, if so desired, have been provided with a plurality of such scored portions, resulting in the cup having more than two segments, each of which could be progressively removed from the cup by means of a separate stripping tab.

It is, of course, further understood that while I have illustrated and described in detai-lthe preferred embodiment of the invention-,the invention is not to be thus limited, but only insofar as defined by the scope and spirit of the appended claim.

I claim as my invention:

As an article of manufacture, a frusto-conical cap, adapted to function as a protective covering for the ice cream projecting above the upper edge of an edible cone,-c0mprising a tapering wall formed open at its lower and smaller end and having a closure lid at its upper and-larger end, said wall having a stripping tab foropening said wall to release said cap from its-contents, and a frusto conical removable extension connected temporarily by a weakened zone'to the smaller and open end-of said cap, said extension including a tapering wall aligned with the'wallbf said cap and having a bottom in its lowenand smaller end, said tapering wall of the extension and having' a stripping tab for enabling saidextension to be severed along said weakened zonefrom said THOMAS D. CURRIE. 

